Devlet II Giray

Devlet I Giray (1650-1718) was the King of the Crimean Khanate from 1699 to 1713.

Biography
Devlet was the clever ruler of the Khanate in a period of danger, in the Great Northern War of 1700-1721. He was allied with Sweden and the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire, who attempted to obtain a Black Sea port in the Crime at Kerch, which was a trading port run by the Crimean Khanate.

In 1709, Devlet II Giray gave asylum to Charles XII of Sweden, who fled after defeat at the Battle of Poltava. That year Devlet assisted in the defeat of the Russians at the Battle of Pruth, which lost the Russians control of Moldavia. Devlet was deposed in 1713 by Ahmed III of Turkey because of his improper treatment of Charles, whom he considered a prisoner. He died on Rhodes.